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A government report External link found that the Medicare Advantage plans they reviewed collectively denied 12% of requests for admission to skilled nursing facilities, and 18% of those rejections were appealed.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

He said he received countless rejections at first.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Oberhansley said the pool-maintenance company where she works can’t afford to give her a raise, and her search for a better-paying office job has run into rejections or silence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

The report found that the FDA had made no procedural errors in how it handled the earlier rejections, one of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

I would absorb such rejections and keep on looking, because for some reason the scholarship society and the athletic league and the yearbook staff didn’t satisfy me, were never quite enough.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston